Dave Smith Instruments

Dave Smith Instruments is an American company based in San Francisco, California which manufactures electronic musical instruments. The company was founded in 2002 by Dave Smith, best known as the founder of Sequential Circuits and lead designer of its Prophet 5 synthesizer, as well as for his work on MIDI.

In January 2015, Dave Smith reacquired the rights to use the Sequential brand name from Yamaha president Takuya Nakata.And as of 31 August 2018, Dave Smith Instruments was rebranded as Sequential.